The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-02-17

A fellow told me once, Jones you
ought not to say fool in the pulpit.
"Why," / answered that's the given
name Of half my crowd.
A man says: II don't care about terms
| want to he decent Christian If ever
start at all. am waiting for the church
to get right" And he is about The big.
gest fool in the whole lot Many m old
siuner squares himself back and says
"These bypocrites are in my way" God
pity man like that Did yon know no
body could be in your way except the fell
low ahead OF yout
Name heIplace in the. Bible where any.
body PRAYED for faith | would as soon
pray for sweet potatoes as for faith. 1
pray for muscle, but If ! don't lose my
arm, | will use the strength ! have got.
Pray ing for faith is like praying for more
" zee, and il the Lord would give you q
werk's ration for grace the Devil would
have Lslf Of it before Saturday night.
Flowers are Gods thoughts in bloom.
1t is the business Of every man to fight
evil
God has not lost bis power but the pull
pit has lost its voice.
More lies are told about money than any.
thing else in the world.
Can man be q Christian II he votes one
way and prays another.
When a man knows one thing we'll be is
likely to find out other things.
Truth will not only take care OF itself,
but it will take care Of the man who
breaches it.
Whiskey is the worst enemy God or man
ever had, and the best friend the devil
ever had
Though some mcn men may beat me IL
living aright, no mau shall beat me ~ re-
peDtIDg Of my meanness
1t is The hardest thing 10 the world TO
be n Christian. without religion.
1t is every preachers duty to denonnce
The things cf hell inst Ms much ms II il to
preach the beauty Of Christ.
When a man Just lives Tor what he can
y.t and what clothes he can wear, he j, not
. f,ot from thr basement.
IL would be q. impossible for m- H. a.
afrd 10 rrsgger.te the glories Of heaven
ss 10 iry to exsgprrate the horrors of evil
and sln
rn,r, n,v,r was tins IN the history Of
the world when the Gospel and religion
needed 30 much backbone aud nerve ~
now
II ysu will do what Jesus Christ tells
you, and il you dou't come out whole
msn. then you have got on issae that will
bankrupt the Bible.
Every siu that man commits Is direct
stab at bis conscience, aud II sisbs and
stabs nnti conscience breathes its last and
n dead frever.
!. ,oung LADY said TO me iher faith
..t 49, prtach.f tool MY father don't
I, liyr il ryi,ais." "wel," said !,
rb.rvs where sour father and the devil
,re alike"
The devil breaches feeling tho yesr
ran :; The !. rJ breaches faith. man
says he won't join the church until be
~, ,lisiou. And bali the time be
know religion " ~hst II vas II
m il 10 the road
re waiting for the church 10 ge'
n. d. ~ you? Well, supposing 3 farmer
i.sus hp,nef for year, and tells bis fonf
sons 10 run the farm. Two of them work
harl. spl the other two just sit 10 the
sh. T. % The fence and criiicise the quality
Of the crop.
far church has never been all right.
Oas Of the twelve disciples had devil.
II !. heap barIer 70 stay 10 the church
th4a TO be outside anl criiicise. But an
Other msn says. mo. hsve 30 quarrel
aith the church. am waiting for feeling;
~ soon as get some feeling ! am going
TO go" Well isls SEE hov FAR ~e can %
10 Ne~ York on FEELING friend Of miue
told me tina, when be got si,hio Just 10
miles Of New york on THE boat. be had "a
s~fal feeling 10 bis sicmsch. 20 tbst be
had 10 pm. bic bead ont Of the window for